When do you trust the other? When he shows empathy and concern for the experience of the person whose trust he wants to earn. The question is, if at this point, people trust the national government. And the answer that is seen on social networks and in daily conversations in cafes, buses, taxis or markets, is no. Perhaps the reason is because the president and his ministers look to the side before fixing their eyes on the need that exists in the homes of the country. The insistence that everything is fine, that poverty has been overcome, that unemployment has dropped and more, denies that there is an army in the ranks of the self-employed who are struggling day by day because they cannot get a job that pays them what they deserve. Pretending to say that education was saved is to deny that there are schools where there are a lack of teachers or there are teachers working free hours to meet the multiple needs of children and young people. To say that freedom of the press is respected and to put gag laws in Congress is to act with many doubles.
The president finally accepted an interview with a non-state media. This was good news, since he had not done so since he took office. Now he just needs to be able to see the reality of Bolivians, because if he recognized it, everyone would realize that he could be the one to get the country out of uncertainty. Continuing to look to one side and denying what is obvious only alienates him from the public and increases tensions.
